Release day: Wild Ride

Today is the official release of Wild Ride by Kate Meader (Chicago Rookie Rebels #8) (ebook and printing (audio to come), self-published). Here’s the blurb:

Chicago Rebels hockey player Dex O’Malley has been a naughty boy … again.

Only his latest stunt isn’t quite like when he was caught with his pants down at a nightclub or was cited for drag-racing on Lake Shore Drive or even that time he said a few critical things about his teammates on a hockey podcast. Oops. This time, Dex is in real trouble, the kind that could get him kicked off the team and out of the league. And that cannot happen. Hockey is the only thing he’s ever been good at. The only thing he cares about. He’ll do whatever it takes to rehab his rep, even if it means cleaning up dog poop and suffering the steely-eyed disapproval of his new no-nonsense “boss” at the animal shelter, Ashley Adams.

Ashley has enough on her plate between her low-paying job, her high-maintenance family, and a love life she’s trying to resurrect after her divorce. She’s already mom to an amazing nine-year-old; the last thing she needs is mothering a celebrity volunteer with more money than sense. But the troublemaking f-boy needs Ashley to sign off on his good deeds so he can get back to what he does best: lighting up lamps both on and off the ice. And while a guy like that could never interest her mind, it seems her body is not on the same page. Sure, Dex O’Malley is too young, too hot, too flighty for Ashley to take seriously, but maybe a brief ride on the wild side might fit the bill …

Only that’s not enough for Dex. What happens when this notorious player decides the older, single mom is the hottest woman he’s ever met and that he wants to light her lamp … forever?

Kate dropped by today to tell us a little about this book:

Dex and Ashley are one of my favourite Rookie Rebels couples. Now I know some of you might have your doubts about Dex—after all, he was engaged to Tara only five minutes ago and he’s always come off as a bit of a himbo. Well, he’s still that, but he’s also got a sweet (and super sexy) side that I think you’re going to love. He falls for older single mom Ashley pretty hard and you’re going to be tickled pink with how he goes about trying to woo her and her cuter-than-cute, butterfly-obsessed daughter, Willa. While this title is part of the Rookie Rebels hockey romance series, it works just as well as a standalone.t

You can find out more about this book at Kate’s website (including the exclusive classic cover) or find buy links here.